🎯 Work Smart Wednesday - January 10, 2024

When I believe productivity does NOT matter, $0 to $1,000,000 in one year, and a quote on the distribution of the future

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1. 📉 When productivity does NOT matter

Mindlessly optimising your productivity without clarity is a formula for failure.

Being productive WITHOUT clarity looks like this:

• Being the best possible employee at a job you know you hate.

• Working a long 10 hour day and realizing you got nothing important done.

• Crossing off a to-do list item without questioning if it was actually needed.

There is no greater waste than to do with excellence that which shouldn't be done at all. If your goals suck it doesn’t matter if you’re productive, you still won’t get anywhere.

I know that at the end of my life, I won’t get an award for being the best email checker or having had the most meetings booked in a day. For me, productivity is about one thing: getting the result I want.

First, I need to have real clarity about what I actually want. My favourite way to get clear on what I actually want is via a Past Year Review.

If you aren’t ready for a full review yet, a quick and easy way to start is by making a list of the things that you don’t want.

Write down:

• things you hate doing,

• that drain your energy,

• and that make you unhappy.

You now have a guide for what NOT to do.

You can start your productivity journey by removing those things one at a time.

To find out what TO do, look at the opposite - the things that make you happy and the things that have led to proven positive results. Consider how you can do much more of those things. Create process-based goals to help you.

Nailing these basics will get you a long way.

2. 🤑 $0 to $1,000,000 in one year

People often have spurious claims when it comes to their income. Some are true, some are not. This one stands the test of truth for me.

This great blog post was recently recommended to me. In it, Jack details his journey from $58 in the bank to $1,000,000 in one year.

Jack Butcher is the creator of Visualize Value. You’ve probably seen his work (or one of the many copycats!) on Instagram.

​The post is short, actionable, and worth a read.

Link: https://visualizevalue.com/blogs/feed/0-1-000-000

3. 💡 Quote I'm pondering

“The future isn't evenly distributed. You can get on a 6-hour flight and move 6 years ahead. If you can't move your physical geography, move your digital geography” - George Mack

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Many people know the extremely popular Jim Rohn quote that “you are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with”, but few put this into practice.

While it is not always possible to have the desirable level of influence over your physical location or immediate circle of friends, you do have a high level of control and influence over your digital circle.

Collect, collate, and curate the right people in your digital sphere. Spend time online with those that inspire, support, and stimulate you.

P.s. if you have the freedom to move country or city for a while, then usually I would absolutely encourage you to do it. Even if only for a short time such as a month. You often see extremely rapid personal and professional growth.

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Have a great week,
John


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